Question12.1 HW
Question 29, 12.1.11-T
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A certain statistics instructor participates in triathlons. The accompanying table lists times (in minutes and seconds) he recorded while riding a bicycle for five laps through each mile of a 3-mile loop. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that it takes the same time to ride each of the miles. Does one of the miles appear to have a hill?
Click the icon to view the data table of the riding times.
Determine the null and alternative hypotheses.
: At least one of the three population means is different from the others.
Find the F test statistic.
(Round to four decimal places as needed.)
Riding Times (minutes and seconds)
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Mile 1 & & & & & \\
Mile 2 & & & & & \\
Mile 3 & & & & &
\end{tabular}
(Note: when pasting the data into your technology, each mile row will have separate columns for each minute and second entry. You will need to convert each minute/second entry into seconds only.)
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STEP 1
1. The times are recorded in minutes and seconds and need to be converted to seconds for analysis.
2. We are conducting an ANOVA test to compare the means of three groups (miles).
3. The significance level is set at .
STEP 2
1. Convert times from minutes and seconds to seconds.
2. Formulate the null and alternative hypotheses.
3. Calculate the means and variances for each mile.
4. Perform ANOVA to find the F test statistic.
5. Compare the F test statistic to the critical value to determine significance.
STEP 3
Convert the times for each mile from minutes and seconds to seconds.
- Mile 1:
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- seconds
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- Mile 2:
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- Mile 3:
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STEP 4
Formulate the null and alternative hypotheses.
- Null Hypothesis (): The means of the times for the three miles are equal: .
- Alternative Hypothesis (): At least one of the three population means is different.
STEP 5
Calculate the mean and variance for each mile.
- Calculate the mean for each mile:
- Mile 1 Mean:
- Mile 2 Mean:
- Mile 3 Mean:
- Calculate the variance for each mile (not shown for brevity).
STEP 6
Perform ANOVA to find the F test statistic.
- Calculate the overall mean of all times.
- Calculate the sum of squares between groups (SSB) and within groups (SSW).
- Calculate the F test statistic using the formula:
$ F = \frac{\text{MSB}}{\text{MSW}}
\]
where MSB is the mean square between groups and MSW is the mean square within groups.
STEP 7
Complete the ANOVA calculations and find the F test statistic.
- Compute the F test statistic (detailed calculations omitted for brevity).
STEP 8
Compare the F test statistic to the critical value at .
- Determine the critical value from the F-distribution table.
- If the F test statistic is greater than the critical value, reject the null hypothesis.
The F test statistic is:
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